diff --git a/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.cc b/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.cc
index 6adeb76ced6d..654cecbd60b1 100644
--- a/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.cc
+++ b/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.cc
@@ -127,8 +127,11 @@ remote_partition::borrow_result_t remote_partition::borrow_next_reader(
             if (mit->delta_offset_end == model::offset_delta{}) {
                 break;
             }
+
+            // If a segment contains kafka data batches, its next offset will
+            // be greater than its base offset.
             auto b = mit->base_kafka_offset();
-            auto end = mit->next_kafka_offset() - kafka::offset(1);
+            auto end = mit->next_kafka_offset();
             if (b != end) {
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/v/cloud_storage/tests/remote_partition_test.cc b/src/v/cloud_storage/tests/remote_partition_test.cc
index 25b42d5b1992..b29fa3fe4488 100644
--- a/src/v/cloud_storage/tests/remote_partition_test.cc
+++ b/src/v/cloud_storage/tests/remote_partition_test.cc
@@ -240,7 +240,13 @@ FIXTURE_TEST(test_overlapping_segments, cloud_storage_fixture) {
     cloud_storage::partition_manifest manifest(manifest_ntp, manifest_revision);
 
     auto expectations = make_imposter_expectations(
-      manifest, segments, false, model::offset_delta(0));
+      manifest,
+      segments,
+      false,
+      model::offset_delta(0),
+      // Use v1 format because it only includes the base offset, not the
+      // committed offset.  We will modify the committed offset.
+      segment_name_format::v1);
 
     std::stringstream sstr;
     manifest.serialize(sstr);
diff --git a/src/v/cloud_storage/tests/util.h b/src/v/cloud_storage/tests/util.h
index 46a27eb5e6f5..33db06cba4b5 100644
--- a/src/v/cloud_storage/tests/util.h
+++ b/src/v/cloud_storage/tests/util.h
@@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ std::vector<cloud_storage_fixture::expectation> make_imposter_expectations(
   cloud_storage::partition_manifest& m,
   const std::vector<in_memory_segment>& segments,
   bool truncate_segments = false,
-  model::offset_delta delta = model::offset_delta(0)) {
+  model::offset_delta delta = model::offset_delta(0),
+  segment_name_format sname_format = segment_name_format::v2) {
     std::vector<cloud_storage_fixture::expectation> results;
 
     for (const auto& s : segments) {
@@ -524,8 +525,7 @@ std::vector<cloud_storage_fixture::expectation> make_imposter_expectations(
           .delta_offset = segment_delta,
           .ntp_revision = m.get_revision_id(),
           .delta_offset_end = model::offset_delta(delta)
-                              + model::offset_delta(s.num_config_records),
-        };
+                              + model::offset_delta(s.num_config_records)};
 
         m.add(s.sname, meta);
         delta = delta